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  • (thump)

  • - Oh, boy, guess what today is.

  • It's eBay mystery tech!

  • Okay, it's well packaged-- oh, what?

  • Why is there so much stuff in here?

  • (sniffs) Ew, it smells.

  • What am I looking at?

  • Congratulations on the purchase of your new

  • visor hand-held computer.

  • So it is like a palm,

  • in fact it does run Palm OS, apparently.

  • A GPS companion?

  • This is a GPS add-on, what?

  • How do you even attach these things?

  • Oh, oh there's a whole other box underneath here.

  • This is the Omni Sky Wireless Internet and Email Service.

  • The following screen you'll be asked

  • to tap the center of the target.

  • Wow ... touch screen technology.

  • The Eye Module, alright let's try plugging in a webcam.

  • Wait hang on, I'm gonna do a selfie on this.

  • I mean that, that right there my friends

  • is a real masterpiece.

  • But, I'm actually kind of surprised

  • at how much stuff is actually usable on this.

  • I say usable with some slight asterisks.

  • But I mean, we've got a camera,

  • we've got what would've been a really cool wireless modem,

  • we've got a GPS antenna, and all this stuff

  • was pretty easily swapable.

  • I mean, no, should you buy one of these in 2018?

  • I mean, of course not, that's ridiculous.

  • But this is actually kinda cool,

  • I've gotta say, I was actually not expecting this

  • to work as well as it does.

  • - [Ken] This one's from Jimmy.

  • - From Jimmy?

  • Okay, this is from Toink Toys.

  • Alright, it's like an action figure or something?

  • Of course it is.

  • That's not tech, there's no part of this that's tech at all.

  • The whole thing is just a doll.

  • There's nothing mysterious or scary about this at all.

  • I mean, does that look scary to you?

  • Are you frightened right now?

  • 'Cause I'm just frightened of how much money was wasted

  • on something that is not remotely tech in any possible way.

  • We're just gonna leave this here for the rest of the video.

  • Thank you. (thump)

  • Great, it didn't need to be there anyway, it's fine.

  • (laughing)

  • Sports cards?

  • Is this a baseball card?

  • What'd you get a baseball card for?

  • This is not tech,

  • did you miss the most important part of mystery tech?

  • It's not mystery random stuff, it's mystery tech.

  • - [Ken] It's the best of tech.

  • - (laughs) It's an Austin Evans baseball card.

  • Wait, there's an actual player.

  • Yeah, he was drafted by the Rangers in June of 2000.

  • His name is Austin Evans, in fact he's from Austin, Texas.

  • Alright, alright that's pretty good actually.

  • I will say, he actually does mildly look like me.

  • And his signature also kind of looks like mine.

  • How much was this?

  • - [Ken] 15 bucks.

  • - 15 dollars?

  • Alright, a USB to PS2 keyboard mouse adapter?

  • This isn't mysterious.

  • Am I missing something here?

  • An adapter-- oh.

  • What are you laughing for so much?

  • I haven't even opened the thing yet

  • and you're already over here laughing.

  • - [Ken] It's the doll.

  • - Oh were you staring at the doll?

  • Are you staring at this doll? (laughs)

  • Is this one of those reproduction Model M keyboards?

  • - [Ken] Well, it's not a reproduction.

  • - Is it a real one, wait, I guessed it right?

  • Oh, oh I'm excited now.

  • That would be a new record,

  • I actually guessed what it is, right?

  • Oh dude, I feel like I could beat someone

  • to death with this.

  • I've never tried one of these before.

  • So if you guys are not familiar,

  • the IBM Model M is widely regarded as one of,

  • if not the best keyboards of all time.

  • Dude, this is so clean.

  • So this isn't a reproduction, right,

  • this is actually an original one?

  • - [Ken] Yes.

  • - Oh, man.

  • Wait, we gotta do, we gotta do it.

  • (keys clicking)

  • Oh! (keys clacking)

  • Listen to that. (keys clicking)

  • Woo! (loud clacking)

  • Because this is an older keyboard,

  • it does use a PS2 connector,

  • which to be fair, some modern PC's,

  • specifically a lot of desktops will support it,

  • but for me, I'm gonna need an adapter.

  • Oh, there's a problem.

  • Ah, the computer doesn't smell so good.

  • - [Ken] Yeah, I heard a pop.

  • - Did we kill my cool HP? (sniffing)

  • - (sniffing) Ooh.

  • - [Austin] That smells bad.

  • - Team Crispy.

  • - Oh, well that's not good.

  • So we were trying to get my laptop up, it was dead,

  • and we plugged a different power adapter in it,

  • and now it smells bad and won't turn on, oh joy.

  • - They said that this computer was very hot.

  • - No, no, no.

  • So with a replacement laptop, let's try the keyboard now.

  • So, oh hey we have lights on.

  • So at least it's getting power.

  • So it's definitely gotta a different kind of feeling

  • than any kind of standard mechanical keyboard

  • that you would pick up today.

  • It also has a different key layout, I'm just realizing.

  • This was back before the Windows key existed, (laughs)

  • but hey, it works.

  • I mean with just a simple USB to PS2 adapter,

  • we got full support,

  • and you can pretty much get everything you need done.

  • You've got all your function keys.

  • Everything else is almost identical to a current keyboard.

  • You know what Ken, I gotta say,

  • this is weird, it's not the most normal thing in the world,

  • but actually I think for a lot

  • of people this is legitimately pretty cool.

  • (thud) Wow, that's aggressive.

  • That's ... alright.

  • Oh, not another one of these, uh!

  • So you may remember a very special episode of Mystery Tech,

  • almost a year ago, where we took a look at the Roboraptor.

  • Well this, this is the Roboraptor's special cousin.

  • (Ken laughing)

  • No one enjoys this Ken, everyone is on my side,

  • and doesn't appreciate seeing me annoyed

  • with some stupid dinosaur robot, right?

  • (plastic crunching)

  • Okay, there you go, unboxed.

  • Alright, what does it do?

  • (robotic noises)

  • Attack.

  • Well that ... okay, I can't ... alright.

  • Good dinosaur, good dinosaur.

  • Oh, it likes it.

  • Wait, wait do they know each other?

  • Is this how this works?

  • (electronic dinosaur rawr)

  • Robo Dinosaur, Roboraptor, you're alive.

  • Okay, wait, can you fight?

  • Fight, fight, fight, fight. (fight bell)

  • Yeah, there we go, my money's on Roboraptor.

  • Mipoasaur seems lame.

  • Oh, oh wait, wait, what's gonna happen?

  • Get him, get him, this way, this, this,

  • yeah there you go, get him, get him.

  • Oh yeah, get it, get it!

  • (laughs) Wait, no, no!

  • Roboraptor, no!

  • It's okay, it's okay, it's okay, shh.

  • It's okay, the mean girl dinosaur just doesn't like you.

  • It's fine, you've tried.

  • Oh no, just-- (robot screeching)

  • No Robo Raptor, this is my box.

  • What is this, did you just get a,

  • is this just a giant pickle?

  • What is this, why does it have your name on it?

  • 11-21-17, thanks Kenneth, what is this?

  • Real pickle in a sealed Coca Cola bottle

  • full grown, four inches.

  • So, it's just a pickle that grew into a Coke bottle.

  • (crash)

  • I agree Roboraptor, I agree.

(thump)

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